Tuesday, November 17, 2015

K-Drama : PINOCCHIO

Profile :

Drama: Pinocchio
Revised romanization: Pinokio
Hangul: 피노키오
Genre : Fantasy, Romance, Family   
Director: Jo Soo-Won
Writer: Park Hye-Ryun
Network: SBS
Episodes: 20
Release Date: November 12 - January 15, 2015
Runtime: Wed. & Thu. 21:55
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot :

As a child, Ha-Myeong (Lee Jong-Suk) grew up in a family with his firefighter father, mother and older brother. Ha-Myeong and his older brother (Yoon Gyun-Sang) both possess higher than normal intellect and are proud of their father. A fire at a waste facility though destroys his family. His mother dies a short time later and Ha-Myeong ends up being scooped out of the ocean by an unknown man (Byun Hee-Bong).
The man that pulls Ha-Myeong out of the ocean is the grandfather of In-Ha (Park Shin-Hye). In-Ha's grandfather believes Ha-Myeong is his eldest son Dal-Po, who died 30 years ago. Ha-Myeong is adopted by In-Ha's grandfather and his name is changed to Dal-Po. In-Ha and Dal-Po now live together as uncle and niece, although they are in the same age range. In-Ha has a Pinocchio Syndrome. Whenever she lies she gets the hiccups. In-Ha and Dal-Po get along well until Dal-Po learns that In-Ha's mother (Jin Kyung) is the reporter that covered the waste facility fire that destroyed his family. Dal-Po tries to distance himself from In-Ha, but he also develops feelings for her.
Years later, Dal-Po and In-Ha's family are now living in Seoul. In-Ha attempts to become a reporter like her mother. In-Ha meets her mother for the first time in years at a job interview for MSC Broadcasting Station. Her mother is the person giving her the job interview. In-Ha though fails the job interview. Her mother rejects her because of her Pinocchio Syndrome.
Dal-Po is now driving a taxi to support their family. One day, Dal-Po meets In-Ha's mother and decides to become a reporter.

Character Relationship Charts :

Main Cast :

Lee Jong-Suk as Choi Dal-Po/ Ki Ha-Myeong
Nam Da-Reum as Ki-Ha Myeong (Young)
Park Shin-Hye as Choi In-Ha
No Jung-Ui as Choi In-Ha (Young)
Kim Young-Kwang as Seo Bum-Jo
Lee Yoo-Bi as Yoon Yoo-Rae

Additional Cast Members :

YGN Newsroom
Lee Pil-Mo as Hwang Gyo-Dong
Min Sung-Wook as Jang Hyun-Gyu
Kang Shin-Il as Lee Young-Tak
Jo Deok-Hyeon as Jo Won-Goo
Choo Soo-Hyun as Im Jae-Hwan

MSC Newsroom
Jin Kyung as Song Cha-Ok
Kim Kwang-Kyu as Kim Gong-Joo
Kim Young-Hoon (1978) as Lee Il-Joo
Lim Byung-Ki as Yeon Doo-Young
Yoon Seo-Hyun as Lee Joo-Ho

Hangang Line Reporters’ Family
Byun Hee-Bong as Choi Gong-Pil
Yoon Gyun-Sang as Ki Jae-Myeong
Shin Jung-Keun as Choi Dal-Pyeong (In-Ha’s Father)
Kim Hae-Sook as Park Ro-Sa
Jang Young-Nam as Ha-Myeong’s Mother
Jung In-Ki as Ki Ho-Sang

Others
Lee Joo-Seung as An Chan-Soo
Park Soo-Young (1970) as Jung Gi-Bong
Im Do-Yoon as Ji-Hee (In-Ha’s Friend)
Lee Dong-Jin as Reporter Kang Sung-Hak
Kim Jung-Suk as Jae-Myeong’s Friend

Drama Posters :

Character Posters :

Pinocchio Episode List :

Pinocchio Ep.01
Pinocchio Ep.02
Pinocchio Ep.03
Pinocchio Ep.04
Pinocchio Ep.05
Pinocchio Ep.06
Pinocchio Ep.07
Pinocchio Ep.08
Pinocchio Ep.09
Pinocchio Ep.10
Pinocchio Ep.11
Pinocchio Ep.12
Pinocchio Ep.13
Pinocchio Ep.14
Pinocchio Ep.15
Pinocchio Ep.16
Pinocchio Ep.17
Pinocchio Ep.18
Pinocchio Ep.19
Pinocchio Ep.20

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